Passing historic health care reform or business as usual?

Congress passed a historic health care reform bill this weekend.

I have read that it was an epic, FTW (for the win), and all-around-good show. And, if you didn’t hear, it was oh-so-historic.

Facebook and Twitter are all aflutter with folks wondering where they should send checks contributing to Rush Limbaugh’s plane ticket out of the country.

Things are looking hopeful, and a lot of people seem to be echoing the “Yes we can!” from Mr. Obama’s  presidential campaign.

However, an umbra of hard-line partisanship overshadows the grand achievement of passing this historic bill.

A barrage of PR attacks both for and against it are not far off on the horizon.

Democratic and Republican representatives alike are returning home with special-order facts to feed their constituents, all custom-tailored to their political alignment, ethnicity, and financial situation.

The Democrats of course seek to make the bill look as good as possible. Republicans are busy demonizing it and looking for ways to block its implementation over the next few years.

Where are the adults in this room? These politics are at the maturity level of schoolyard name calling.

This bill was forced through by the Democratic majority. The lack of even one Republican yes vote is a huge red flag for me.

This indicates that Congress is, as usual, dictating to the American people what is best for them based on its internal majority view.

When you really get down to it, a Congressperson’s only vested interest in this matter is securing his or her own reelection.

The health care woes that affect the rest of the nation do not affect anyone in Congress.

The victory of a broken two party system is hardly a victory at all.

Without compromise from representatives on both sides of the aisle, we can only expect backlash and the undoing of many of the bill’s provisions when the majority swings back the other way.